DEERHOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deerhound mean? 

• DEERHOUND (noun)
  The noun DEERHOUND has 1 sense:

1. very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland

  Familiarity information: DEERHOUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DEERHOUND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer; known as the royal dog of Scotland

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

deerhound; Scottish deerhound

Hypernyms ("deerhound" is a kind of...):

hound; hound dog (any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears)

 Context examples 

Nig, equally friendly, though less demonstrative, was a huge black dog, half bloodhound and half deerhound, with eyes that laughed and a boundless good nature.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)